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Program 13
Directors Guild of America • 2:00 p.m. • Theatre 1
 
MASTERS OF THE PILLOW
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: James Hou
MASTERS OF THE PILLOW deftly presents the latest examination of Asian American men in American popular culture: the absence of a sexual identity for the Asian American male in popular media. Director Hou takes as his point of departure a provocative essay, “The Joy Fuck Club: Prolegemenon to an Asian American Porno Practice” by UC Davis Asian American Studies professor Darrell Hamamoto. In it, Hamamoto advocates the escalation of Asian American men in pornography to re-‘orient’ an ‘impoverished’ Western manifestation of Asian American heterosexuality. The documentary climaxes, literally, with Hamamoto’s attempt to put theory into practice when he makes a pornographic film featuring Asian Americans.
Video, 58 min., color, Documentary
 
Preceded by
YELLOWCAUST: A PATRIOT ACT
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Darrell Y. Hamamoto
YELLOWCAUST: A PATRIOT ACT recounts signal events in the history of anti-Asian racism during the twentieth century and examines the ways in which the States has warped and distorted the sexuality of Asian Americans. Not content to simply articulate the problem, YELLOWCAUST offers a provocative solution to the alienated sexuality of Asian Americans.
Video, 11 min., color, Experimental Narrative

Due to explicit sexual content, no one under the age of 18 will be allowed to view this program.

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